Anything but soup.

Sorry the month is half over and I haven't posted anything! Last month was so busy I never felt like cooking and I have been sick for most of November so far, so cooking is mostly limited to heating up soup. I'm so sick of soup at this point that I say you can do whatever you like as long as it's not soup.

Black bean, Rice and Pepper Salad

Soo...I made this weeks ago and didn't get around to posting.  Sauteed red and yellow peppers, onion, scallion, cilantro, broth, Chili Dressing...really good, but it made a ton! This was a recipe that I had written down from forever ago, so I have no idea where I got it.

Black Bean Pumpkin Chili

I'm late! But so are the rest of you so...I don't feel so bad:) I kept trying to find a good time to make this chili and it just wasn't happening so we had it November 1! Part of what was holding me back was that I wanted to use dried beans instead of canned and there is a lot of conflicting information about how this should be handled! I finally settled for soaking overnight, boiling for 10 minutes, rinsing and then putting in the slow cooker with the rest of the chili ingredients. This recipe was really good (pretty standard except for the addition of pumpkin!) but I think next time it could use some extra chili powder.